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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:New 'unpatchable' exploit allegedly found on Apple's Secure Enclave chip, here's what it could mean - 9to5Mac:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:IBM completes successful field trials on Fully Homomorphic Encryption:

[20200803_012617 UTC UTC Update 2:]tl;dr version: Trump threatened to ban TikTok. Then Microsoft said it was in talks to buy TikTok. Then Microsoft said the talks were in doubt after Trump's threats. Now, Microsoft is "continuing discussions."Microsoft to continue discussions on TikTok purchase after talking to Donald Trump:

takyon writes:Nvidia is reportedly in 'advanced talks' to buy ARM for more than $32 billion

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:FCC Approves Amazon's Internet-from-Space Kuiper Constellation of 3,236 Satellites:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:'Murder hornet' trapped for the first time in Washington State:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:More quickly than anyone expected, NASA embraces reuse for human flights:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:In Historic Opinion, Third Circuit Protects Public School Students' Off-Campus Social Media Speech:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Human sperm swim more like otters than eels, study finds:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:[From ESO (European Southern Observatory).]Stunning Space Butterfly Captured by ESO Telescope:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Is Your Chip Card Secure? Much Depends on Where You Bank:

takyon writes:Internet Archive Tells Court its Digital Library is Protected Under Fair Use

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:North Atlantic climate far more predictable following major scientific breakthrough:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:One Mystery of Stonehenge’s Origins Has Finally Been Solved:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Bill Aimed at Ending 'Warrant-Proof' Encryption Introduced in House:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Google One now offers free phone backups up to 15GB on Android and iOS – TechCrunch:

Fnord666 writes:Nautilus has an interesting rundown on how scientific fraud happens and what could possibly be done to correct it written in comic book form. It's a fun little read and oh so true.The book that it is based on, Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth, is worth reading as well.

takyon writes:Intel facing class-action lawsuit over 7nm delay

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Red Hat and CentOS systems aren’t booting due to BootHole patches:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Challenging a central dogma of chemistry: Energy flow in chemical reactions:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:If you own one of these 45 Netgear devices, replace it: Kit maker won't patch vulnerable gear despite live proof-of-concept code:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Mars-bound spaceship experiencing technical issues: NASA:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Bacteria live despite burial in seafloor mud for 100 million years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Cartoons Were Right? Bending a Rifle's Barrel Backward Will Actually Redirect a Bullet:

chromas writes:Big Tech CEOs grilled by Congress: Key moments from the historic antitrust meeting:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:SpaceX completes static fire of Starship prototype, will hop next:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New insights into wound healing: Using 3D mapping, researchers uncover a process that has stymied mechanobiology:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Putting Copper in Hospitals:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:The Mystery of Titan’s Expanding Orbit:

takyon writes:Apache Software Foundation Estimates Its Code Value Increased ~$600M For FY2020

martyb writes:Medieval medicine remedy could provide new treatment for modern day infections:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for guy_:Chinese Type 075 Big Deck Amphib Preparing for Sea Trials - USNI News:

rob_on_earth writes:[Emphasis in original retained. What appears here is the tl;dr summary; the article provides the steps taken to sleuth this out, as well as a timeline of the researcher's communications with Zoom that started on April 1st. --Ed.]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Once considered lost, ESA and NASA's SOHO came back from the brink of death to work even better than it did before:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it's legal or if it works:

Phoenix666 writes: Economists warn of 'widespread costs' from lockdown:

Phoenix666 writes:Simulating quantum 'time travel' disproves butterfly effect in quantum realm:

Phoenix666 writes:New blood test shows great promise in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease :

Freeman writes:Mounting poisonings, blindness, deaths as toxic hand sanitizers flood market

takyon writes:NASA and SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) carried two astronauts, Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken. Subsequent missions will carry four astronauts, starting with SpaceX Crew-1 in September 2020. Now, the astronauts flying on SpaceX Crew-2 in 2021 have been announced, and they will likely be launched using "flight-proven" hardware:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hydrogel mimics human brain with memorizing and forgetting ability:

driverless writes:New Zealand has just become the first country to publish an algorithm charter regulating the use of algorithms and data by government agencies:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Reuters: Rite Aid monitored customers using facial recognition cameras

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Scientists identify a cat in the UK infected with SARS-CoV-2:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dead star emits never-before seen mix of radiation:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:UK/US Governments Warn of QNAP NAS Malware:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Scientists Start Assembling the World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New approach refines the Hubble's constant and age of universe: